Criterion Collection goes Blu-Ray

Snowflake · 05-08-2008, 08:30 AM

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Dear Criterion Collection Newsletter subscriber,

We’ve got some exciting news for this fall, and we wanted you to hear it first.

Our first Blu-ray discs are coming! We’ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we’ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.

Here’s what’s in the pipeline:

The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear

Do I really need to have another version of The Third Man? Will it be sharper and more fabulous? And can a blu-ray of The Seven Samurai be far behind. If Criterion does the Powell/Pressburgers/Archer films.....I'm sunk......

What was I doing with my tax incentive $$? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ((&#$^^#$%))

Gemini Cricket · 05-08-2008, 08:47 AM

Great. Now they'll be even more expensive!
I've wanted to buy Criterion DVDs but they're just out of my price range. Every now and then you can find them used at Amoeba...
Oooh. The Third Man... Love that one. There's one for a mousepod swanking.

mousepod · 05-08-2008, 08:59 AM

Chungking Express!!! I just re-watched the DVD last week. Yipee!

I'll probably get at least half of these right away...

Chernabog · 05-08-2008, 09:13 AM

I just hope we get re-issues of the Criterion Collection for "Notorious" and "Rebecca" (my favorite movie of all time). I don't know how the film stock is for those old movies but here's hoping!

CoasterMatt · 05-08-2008, 05:43 PM

Oh man- I've already got several Criterion editions on LaserDisc and DVD

Snowflake · 07-08-2008, 08:25 AM

For the Powell-Pressburger fans, here's a review of a region-free blu-ray on Black Narcissus. The screen grabs make it blatantly evident, Yes, snowflake, there is a way to improve on your perceived impression of perfection. Yowie-Zowie! Ah-may-ZING!

mousepod · 07-08-2008, 08:48 AM

This does indeed look good. I never upgraded my Criterion disc, even when the superior 2-disc French DVD came out. While it's disappointing that the 24-minute documentary won't be playable on my PS3, I'm leaning toward picking this one up soon.

BTW... along with Criterion, other fringe lines like Kino, Masters Of Cinema and Blue Underground will be releasing blu-rays this year. Oh happy day.

Not Afraid · 07-08-2008, 08:51 AM

I've better find me a Blu-Ray player.

Snowflake · 07-08-2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I've better find me a Blu-Ray player.

Me too!

Chernabog · 07-08-2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I've better find me a Blu-Ray player.

Ps3 baby!! Then you n me can go pimpin some bitches and hos together after smokin some weed with the homies in Grand Theft Auto 4, helllllll yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......

*blink*

*blink*

*ahem*

Yeah, the blu-ray movies look purdy.

05-08-2008, 08:47 AM	#2
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Great. Now they'll be even more expensive! I've wanted to buy Criterion DVDs but they're just out of my price range. Every now and then you can find them used at Amoeba... Oooh. The Third Man... Love that one. There's one for a mousepod swanking.
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05-08-2008, 08:59 AM	#3
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Chungking Express!!! I just re-watched the DVD last week. Yipee! I'll probably get at least half of these right away... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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05-08-2008, 09:13 AM	#4
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I just hope we get re-issues of the Criterion Collection for "Notorious" and "Rebecca" (my favorite movie of all time). I don't know how the film stock is for those old movies but here's hoping! __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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05-08-2008, 05:43 PM	#5
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Oh man- I've already got several Criterion editions on LaserDisc and DVD __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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07-08-2008, 08:25 AM	#6
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	For the Powell-Pressburger fans, here's a review of a region-free blu-ray on Black Narcissus. The screen grabs make it blatantly evident, Yes, snowflake, there is a way to improve on your perceived impression of perfection. Yowie-Zowie! Ah-may-ZING! __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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07-08-2008, 08:48 AM	#7
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	This does indeed look good. I never upgraded my Criterion disc, even when the superior 2-disc French DVD came out. While it's disappointing that the 24-minute documentary won't be playable on my PS3, I'm leaning toward picking this one up soon. BTW... along with Criterion, other fringe lines like Kino, Masters Of Cinema and Blue Underground will be releasing blu-rays this year. Oh happy day. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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07-08-2008, 08:51 AM	#8
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I've better find me a Blu-Ray player.
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